Portrait in oil - Sami

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A very expressive portrait, Gudrun. Love the unpainted parts in contrast with the face and hand!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Wed 11 Dec 14:23:22

Excellent Gudrun. I like the 'unfinished' nature of the painting. It leaves a lot to the imagination.

Posted by xxStuart xxFairlamb on Wed 11 Dec 16:14:43

A beautiful portrait of a Sami girl, Gudrun!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 11 Dec 16:44:16

Thank you all for your appreciation. I am quite excited about my project which involves using the archive of photographs along with others. Lots of experimenting, but the main theme will always be the same, figures, portraits, movement, colour ....

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 11 Dec 18:03:18

You’ve definite extracted the essence here Gudrun, a wonderful portrait.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 11 Dec 18:37:00

Wonderful style, colours and execution Gudrun.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 12 Dec 08:24:06

Beautiful Gudrun

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Thu 12 Dec 08:38:59

Wow, how interesting, like it a lot

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 12 Dec 09:27:53

Some more thanks for your appreciation of my efforts. Spurs me on.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 12 Dec 11:45:34

Hang on Studio Wall

11/12/2019

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60x80cm oil on canvas. This is a portrait that I have painted using references from an archive of photographs of my dad's mostly from the 1950s and 1960s. As always I like to get to the essence of people and emotions.

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Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

"The good painter has to paint two principal things, that is to say, man and the intention of his mind. The first is easy and the second difficult, because the latter has to be represented through gestures and movements of the limbs." (MK388) From: Leonardo da Vinci: The Graphic Work, p16, J…

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